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Fran莽ois-Xavier Roth conducts the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Hall in London in Debussy's Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune, Bart贸k's Viola Concerto (with soloist Antoine Tamestit) and Bruckner's Fourth Symphony.

Introduced by Ian Skelly.

Debussy: Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune
Bart贸k: Viola Concerto

8.05pm Interval

Bruckner: Symphony No 4 in E flat (Romantic)

Antoine Tamestit (viola)
London Symphony Orchestra
Fran莽ois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

Concert recorded on Sunday 23 April 2017

Fran莽ois-Xavier Roth returns to conduct the second set of concerts in his After Romanticism series, a carefully curated exploration of this significant period in music history. In 2016/17 he focuses on the music of Debussy and Bart贸k, two composers who radicalized the musical language of their predecessors to produce a brilliant and inventive style of their own.

Debussy's Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune is an evocative and poetic opener that oozes the rich imagery of its source, a symbolist poem by St茅phane Mallarm茅. Bart贸k's Viola Concerto brings this oft-overlooked string instrument to centre-stage, showcasing the instrument and its capabilities in full, before the programme concludes with a bedrock piece of the 19th century: Bruckner's Symphony No 4, the 'Romantic', filled to the brim with evocative images of love, nature and a simpler time.